Christmas is my favorite time to create new little loomed lovelies for the holiday; however, I've been hard at work on pattern revisions for publication, so I've not had much time to blog. In the meantime, my good friend Althea Burger sent me her latest creation for the Knifty Knitter Looms, a cute little snowman toilet paper cozy. This little loom knitted cutie was inspired from the crocheted versions from Mary Maxim, but I really like Althea's knitted version much better. The Snowman TP Cozy pattern is listed below or it is available as a PDF file in the Pattern Box on the right. Be sure to post a "thank you" to Althea for sharing this pattern in time for the holiday season!
Althea's Snowman TP Cozy
Size: About 10 inches high
Materials
Materials
- Looms: 31 peg large gauge knitting loom for the snowman (red Knifty Knitter loom was used) and 8 peg spool loom for scarf
- Yarn: worsted weight in white, burgundy and orange
- Size E crochet hook
- White craft thread & needle
- 3 large buttons for body
- 2 small buttons for eyes
- Yarn needle
- Large white pom pom
- Fiberfill stuffing
- Roll of toilet paper
DIRECTIONS
Body & Head
"E wrap" on the 31 peg loom with white yarn for 38 rows. Pull up loomed edge to hook the loops onto pegs and make a very long "brim". Continue to "E wrap" for the head for 16 more rows. Slightly stuff the head part and tie it off.
Hat
With burgundy yarn,"E wrap" on the 31 peg loom 10 rows, make a brim, then continue to knit 12 more rows. Tie off. Add pom pom.
Scarf
With burgundy yarn, on spool loom, drawstring cast on flat knit for about 25 inches (closing the CO after knitting about six rows). Do a gathered BO. Cut, tie & secure the yarn tails. Stretch it out a little to set the knit stitches.
Nose
Row 1: Using orange yarn and E crochet hook chain 2, sc in second ch from hook. Chain 1, turn.
Row 2: 2 sc in st, ch 1, turn (2)
Row 3: 2 sc in each st, ch 1, turn.(4)
Row 4: 2 sc in first st, sc in next two sts, 2 sc in last st. (6)
Finishing
Cut yarn leaving a tail. Fold piece lengthwise and use yarn needle to sew up the sides to make pointed carrot-like nose. Sew to center of face. Using craft thread and small needle sew large buttons on front of body and small buttons on face for eyes. Tie scarf around neck area. Place hat on head, stretch it a little if necessary.
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12 comments:
How adorable Brenda!
Thanx for sharing him with us and thank you so much Althea for creating such a cute little fellow to adorn our happy homes!
This is really cute. Tell Althea that it will be very useful.
How cute is that! :) Althea has created a much more fun way to display a roll of toilet paper, lol! Thanks to her and to you, Brenda for posting it.
ps...I'm intrigued by the reason why you're not blogging much...it sounds like you have exciting news?? ;)
pps...I love your blog wallpaper! So festive!
Tell Althea that her snowman is super duper cute :) Hugs!
Inspiring! I really like this a lot. Im new to knittig and I hope to learn to do more than a scarf and hat!
This is totally sweet! I am running out of time to make these for Christmas presents...maybe get a head start for next Christmas! TFS!
Thank you, Althea! Your snowman cozy is so cute! Thank you also, Brenda for sharing the pattern on your blog and for the pdf!
Another project to add to my list, LOL!
This is so cute! I'm going to make some for next Christmas. I'm a slow loomer, so it just might take me that long! Thanks for sharing this.
That is so sweet! This year I loom knit a Christmas tree that I just posted on my blog: http://loomdude.blogspot.com/2010/12/merry-christmas-tree.html
Thanks, Greg! I visited your blog and left a comment about that lovely loomed Christmas Tree!
I knitted the 38 rows then went to make the brim as the instructions stated but now it is to short for a roll of toilet paper. Should I double the rows for the body??
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